Excel 2007 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) [Paperback]

John Walkenbach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 16, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0470044012 | ISBN-13: 978-0470044018

• This book is a single reference that’s indispensable for Excel beginners, intermediate users, power users, and would-be power users everywhere
• Fully updated for the new release, this latest edition provides comprehensive, soup-to-nuts coverage, delivering over 900 pages of Excel tips, tricks, and techniques readers won’t find anywhere else
• John Walkenbach, aka "Mr. Spreadsheet," is one of the world’s leading authorities on Excel
• Thoroughly updated to cover the revamped Excel interface, new file formats, enhanced interactivity with other Office applications, and upgraded collaboration features
• Includes a valuable CD-ROM with templates and worksheets from the book

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Expand Excel with VBA, and feel the power!

No one is better at revealing the secrets of Excel than "Mr. Spreadsheet" himself. This power-user's guide is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for expanding Excel's capabilities with Visual Basic® for Applications. Excel 2007 has a few new tricks up its sleeve, and John Walkenbach helps you make the most of them all.

You'll learn to customize Excel UserForms, develop new utilities, use VBA with charts and PivotTables, and create event-handling applications. Work with VBA subprocedures and function procedures, facilitate interactions with other applications, build user-friendly toolbars, menus, and help systems, and much more. Get ready to make Excel do your bidding.

Mr. Spreadsheet's POWER TIPS:

Power Tip #1 Create powerful Excel applications

Power Tip #2 Enhance Excel with VBA macros

Power Tip #3 Write event-driven VBA code

Power Tip #4 Understand the new Excel 2007 ribbon

Power Tip #5 Expand Excel's shortcut menus

CD-ROM INCLUDES:

• Valuable sample files that illustrate examples from the text

• A searchable PDF version of the book

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written hundreds of articles and created the award-winning Power Utility Pak. His 40-plus books include Excel 2007 Bible, Excel 2007 Formulas, and John Walkenbach's Favorite Excel Tips & Tricks, all published by Wiley. Visit his popular Spreadsheet Page at www.j-walk.com/ss.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1104 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (April 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470044012
• ISBN-13: 978-0470044018
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Development > VBA

More About the Author

John Walkenbach, a.k.a. Mr. Spreadsheet, is arguably the foremost authority on Excel. His fifty-plus books include Excel 2010 Power Programming with VBA, Excel 2010 Formulas, and the bestselling Excel 2010 Bible, all published by Wiley. He has also written hundreds of articles and created the award-winning Power Utility Pak.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

97 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars in spite of the misleading title, November 28, 2007

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Paul O'Connor (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Excel 2007 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) (Paperback)

This is a GREAT introduction to ALL aspects of Excel and VBA. Most people who need this book come into VBA from other experiences and have rarely taken classes in VBA and they need a readable reference that can bring them up to speed on the parts they don't understand yet.

Used this way the book is simply outstanding and most users probably don't need anything more than this book, but I'm not one of those people.

I purchased "Professional Excel Development" by Bullen, Bovey, and Green at the same time and was awestruck at the depth of their knowledge and their passion for making Excel the only software development tool your company will ever need. In short, and I say this with the greatest admiration and respect, they are absolutely insane in a very knowledgeable and useful way.

The biggest problem with "Professional Excel Development" is that readers are expected to know a LOT more about Excel and VBA than average and Walkenbach nicely addresses that issue. He's also a lot more readable than the other authors and so can be used in conjunction with them to clarify the points that they are making.

Regardless of how you use this book, it is a very good for just about any level of VBA developer and firmly earns the 5 star rating.

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Resource..., January 15, 2008

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Brian (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Excel 2007 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) (Paperback)

This is - by far - the most valuable VBA tool I've purchased.

I generally have a hard time reading books about programming because they are either 1) way above my head, 2) don't provide "real-life" examples of when you would want to use the code, or 3) just plain boring. Not with this book...

It teaches you how to build tools - like progress indicators, advanced userforms, and general utilities. I've been able to take a little bit from each chapter and create stellar spreadsheet applications. This book has saved me hours... if I can't figure out how to write a block of code, I don't spend time searching Google - I go straight to the book.

Best Reason: it comes with a CD full of macro examples that mirror the chapter concepts. I was able to read the chapter, then go to the computer and try it out (with the code already written out for me). I picked up new concepts much faster than just reading it on my own.

Excellent for Excel 2003 or 2007.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good reference for VBA Beginners, March 6, 2008

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E. BALANQUIT (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Excel 2007 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) (Paperback)

I have this book for more than two months now and I found it very useful especially on my first VBA project. I have a weekly report and I used to do this manually and often get errors because I have to cross reference values in one big spreadsheet with multiple tabs. Not until I got this book and read the basics and go to specific chapters where I need help. I felt so accomplished after I finished the whole macro. What took me 30 minutes to do manual referencing and typing now only takes less than two minutes including sending it through email. This book is very easy to understand especially for those who know Excel and would like to expand their skills in VBA. Mr Spreadsheet has provided good example files to help us better understand VBA. His approach is basic enough for those who doesn't have any experience in creating macros. By the way if your CD doesn't have the source files or example file go to http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-302036.html and select "All Wiley Products" or call Technical Support. Type your request for the e-source files and they will get back to you really fast with a link of the FTP site for the files. Don't bother to call customer support because they will try to sell you the e-book even though you already have the book. It might be a hassle but its all worth it.